NOAA Hydrographic Survey 2014-2019

The NOAA Hydrographic Survey 2014-2019 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle is a multiple-award contract designed to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's coastal mapping and nautical charting programs. The contract provides comprehensive hydrographic surveying services, enabling NOAA to conduct detailed marine and coastal surveys across various geographic regions of the United States. This IDIQ vehicle allows for flexible, task-order based procurement of specialized maritime surveying and mapping services, with a total shared ceiling value of $250 million and a performance period from July 2014 to June 2019.

The task orders under this contract consistently involve hydrographic surveys of coastal regions, ports, and maritime approaches across multiple states, including Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Alaska, Michigan, and North Carolina. Typical delivery orders range from approximately $150,000 to $7.6 million, with performance periods generally spanning 6-12 months. Frequent prime contractors include Etrac (a Woolpert Company), Leidos Inc., Fugro Pelagos, Ocean Surveys, Inc., Terrasond LIMITED, and David Evans and Associates, Inc. None of the observed task orders utilized small business set-aside designations, and the contracts were predominantly firm fixed-price. The surveys support various objectives including navigation safety, coastal mapping, post-disaster assessment, and updating nautical charts, with primary funding from NOAA's National Ocean Service and potentially supplemented by emergency or infrastructure appropriations like the Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA).